UNRIC Library Backgrounder: Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – Selected Online Resources

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On 25 September 2015, a new set of global goals to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all as part of a new sustainable development agenda was adopted. Each goal has specific targets to be achieved over the next 15 years.

Sustainable Development Goals
http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/
Full list with targets
http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/

Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (A/RES/70/1)
http://undocs.org/A/RES/70/1
https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/post2015/transformingourworld/publication

United Nations Sustainable Development Summit (New York, 25 – 27 September 2015)
https://www.un.org/en/conferences/environment/newyork2015
http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/summit/

Decade of Action
https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/decade-of-action/

Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform
https://sdgs.un.org/

United Nations SDG Action Campaign
https://sdgactioncampaign.org

Websites of UN Entities on the SDGs

• General Assembly
  • Virtual High Level Thematic Debate on the Impact of Rapid Technological Change on the Sustainable Development Goals and Targets (11 June 2020): https://www.un.org/pga/74/event/the-impact-of-rapid-technological-change-on-the-sustainable-development-goals-and-targets/
  • SDG Summit 2019 (24-25 September 2019): https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdgsummit
  • High-level Meeting on Financing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, 24 September 2018:
    https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/financing-2030/
  • High-Level Event “Financing for SDGs – Breaking the Bottlenecks of Investment, from Policy to Impact”, 11 June 2018: https://www.un.org/pga/72/event-latest/financing-the-sustainable-development-goals/
  • Inspiring initiatives, partnerships and action to drive SDG implementation: Strategic Plan of the Office of the President of the General Assembly: http://www.un.org/pga/71/2016/11/08/sdg-implementation-strategy/
  • High-Level Event on Education, 28 June 2017: https://bit.ly/2tpcWE3
  • High-Level SDG Event “Climate Change and the Sustainable Development Agenda”, 23 March 2017: https://bit.ly/2nqVQES
  • High Level Dialogue: Building Sustainable Peace for All – Synergies between the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Sustaining Peace, 24 January 2017: https://bit.ly/2kL5WfU
  • High Level Thematic Debate on Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals,
    New York, 21 April 2016: http://www.un.org/pga/70/events/sdgs/
• Economic and Social Council
  • Our Goals – Achieving Sustainable Development: https://www.un.org/ecosoc/en/sustainable-development
  • High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/hlpf
    

• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
  • Sustainable Development Goals:
    http://www.fao.org/sustainable-development-goals/en/
• International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
  • Sustainable Development Goals: https://www.iaea.org/about/overview/sustainable-development-goals
• International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
  • ICAO and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: http://www.icao.int/about-icao/aviation-development/Pages/SDG.aspx
• International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
  • IFAD and the SDGs: https://www.ifad.org/en/ifad-and-the-sdgs
• International Labour Organization (ILO)
  • Decent work and the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development: http://www.ilo.org/global/topics/sdg-2030/lang–en/index.htm
• International Monetary Fund (IMF)
  • Sustainable Development Goals: https://www.imf.org/en/Topics/SDG
• International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
  • ICTs for a Sustainable World #ICT4SDG:
    http://www.itu.int/en/sustainable-world/Pages/default.aspx
• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
  • Human Rights and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development:
    https://www.ohchr.org/en/sdgs
  • SDG-Human Rights Data Explorer: https://sdgdata.humanrights.dk/
• UN Women
  • The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development:
    http://www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-do/post-2015  
• United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
  • The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: https://www.unicef.org/sdgs
  • SDG teaching tools & child-friendly materials: https://www.unicef.org/sdgs/resources
• United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
  • Trade and the Sustainable Development Goals: http://unctad.org/
    en/Pages/About%20UNCTAD/UNCTAD-and-the-Global-Goals.aspx
  • SDG Pulse: https://sdgpulse.unctad.org/
• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
  • Sustainable Development Goals – The SDGs in Action: http://www.undp.org/sustainable-development-goals.html
  • COVID-19 and the SDGs: https://feature.undp.org/covid-19-and-the-sdgs/
• United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
  • Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development: https://uneca.org/eighth-session-of-the-africa-regional-forum-on-sustainable-development/about-arfsd-2022
  • Africa SDGs Progress Dashboard: https://ecastats.uneca.org/unsdgsafrica/SDGs/SDG-progress
• United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
  • UNECE and the SDGs:
    https://www.unece.org/unece-and-the-sdgs/unece-and-the-sdgs.html
• United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
  • 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development:
    http://www.cepal.org/en/topics/2030-agenda-sustainable-development
• United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
  • 2030 Agenda Overview: http://www.unescap.org/2030-agenda
• United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)
  • The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: https://www.unescwa.org/focus/2030-agenda
• United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
  • UNESCO and Sustainable Development Goals: https://en.unesco.org/sustainabledevelopmentgoals
• UN Environment
  • Sustainable Development Goals: https://www.unenvironment.org/explore-topics/sustainable-development-goals
  • Environment Live SDG Portal: https://wesr.unep.org/portal
  • United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA): https://www.unep.org/environmentassembly/
• United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT)
  • UN-HABITAT for the Sustainable Development Goals:
    https://unhabitat.org/about-us/sustainable-development-goals
• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
  • 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development:
    https://www.unhcr.org/2030-agenda-for-sustainable-development.html
• United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
  • 2030 Agenda and the SDGs: https://www.unido.org/unido-sdgs
• United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
  • UNITAR and the Sustainable Development Goals:
    https://www.unitar.org/sustainable-development-goals
• United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (OOSA)
  • Space Supporting the Sustainable Development Goals (Space4SDGs): http://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/space4sdgs/index.html
• United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
  • The Sustainable Development Goals: https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/sustainable-development-goals/index.html
• United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
  • UNFPA & the Sustainable Development Goals: http://www.unfpa.org/sdg
• United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC)
  • Knowledge Centre for Sustainable Development: https://www.unssc.org/campuses/bonn-campus
• United Nations University (UNU)
  • The Global Goals for Sustainable Development: http://unu.edu/globalgoals
  • UNU Sustainable Development Explorer: https://unu.edu/explore
• United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
  • Volunteerism and the Global Goals:
    https://www.unv.org/volunteerism-and-global-goals
• World Bank
  • Sustainable Development Goals and the 2030 Agenda:
    http://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/sdgs-2030-agenda
• World Food Programme (WFP)
  • Zero Hunger: https://www.wfp.org/zero-hunger
• World Health Organization (WHO)
  • Sustainable Development Goals: https://www.who.int/europe/about-us/our-work/sustainable-development-goals
  • Monitoring Health for the SDGs: https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/world-health-statistics
• World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
  • Contributing to SDGs: https://public.wmo.int/en/our-mandate/what-we-do/wmo-contributing-sustainable-development-goals-sdgs
• World Trade Organization (WTO)
  • The WTO and the Sustainable Development Goals: https://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/coher_e/sdgs_e/sdgs_e.htm
• World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
  • Tourism in the SDG Agenda: https://www.unwto.org/tourism-in-2030-agenda

• United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistics Division
  • Sustainable Development Goal indicators website: http://unstats.un.org/sdgs/
• Sustainable Development Goals Fund (SDGF): http://www.sdgfund.org/
• Joint SDG Fund: https://jointsdgfund.org/

Further information

• UN System SDG Implementation Database: https://sdgs.un.org/UNSDGimplementation
• Ask DAG! What are the Sustainable Development Goals? https://ask.un.org/faq/97134
• Ask DAG! What are the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicators? https://ask.un.org/faq/120728
• SDGs in local languages: https://unric.org/en/sdgs-in-your-language/
• UNOG Library Research Guide: Sustainable Development Goals – Resources: http://libraryresources.unog.ch/sdgs
• Sustainable Development Goals – a new social contract (UN DESA Voice, December 2017):
  https://bit.ly/2jgACGE
• SDG Advocates: Why we should care about the Global Goals (UN DESA Voice, October 2017): https://bit.ly/2zI131o
• SDGs two years on – where are we and where do we need to be? (UN DESA Voice, September 2017):
  https://bit.ly/2wSfcI8
• Sustainable Development – What is there to know and why should we care? (UNSSC Blog, 17 October 2016): https://bit.ly/2hxrQTD
• Interview: ‘Implementation of the 17 SDGs is the core of my work’ – UN General Assembly President Peter Thomson (UN News Centre, 19 October 2016): http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=55338
• Interview: Sustainable Development Goals must be owned by everyone, says senior UN official (UN News Centre, 8 July 2016): http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=54422
• Interview with David Nabarro: World’s most difficult task – ensuring UN sustainable development agenda, says top adviser (UN News Centre, 27 January 2016): http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=53106

Publications & Documents

• Sustainable Development Goals Report 2022: https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/report/2022/
• Progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals: Report of the Secretary-General (E/2022/55, 29 April 2022): https://undocs.org/E/2022/55
• UN DESA Policy Brief 78: Achieving the SDGs through the COVID-19 response and recovery (June 2020): https://bit.ly/3ej7gRL
• Migration and the 2030 Agenda: A Guide for Practitioners (IOM, September 2018): http://www.migration4development.org/sites/default/files/en_sdg_web.pdf
• 2030 Agenda (UN Chronicle, Vol. LV, No. 2, August 2018): https://www.un.org/en/issue/370
• 2018 Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals: http://datatopics.worldbank.org/sdgatlas/
• 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: A New Path for Development (Ministers Reference Book 2017): https://bit.ly/2mTNykU
• Transitioning from the MDGs to the SDGs (UNDP / World Bank, November 2016): https://bit.ly/2ggYsmG
• Global Sustainable Development Report 2016 (DESA): https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/globalsdreport
• United Nations E-Government Survey 2016: E-Government in Support of Sustainable Development (DESA / DPADM): https://bit.ly/2tQyMn2
• 17 Sustainable Development Goals 17 Partnerships (DESA): http://bit.ly/1GGeZaL
• Getting Started with the Sustainable Development Goals: A Guide for Stakeholders (UNSDSN, December 2015): http://bit.ly/1nGDTyB
• Implementing the 2030 Agenda: The Challenge of Conflict (UN Chronicle, Vol. LII, No. 4, 2015): https://www.un.org/en/issue/379
• Sustainable Development Goals are in sync with Africa’s priorities (Africa Renewal, December 2015): http://www.un.org/africarenewal/magazine/december-2015

12 August 2022
not an official document – for information only
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